It’s Sneak Peek Week for Karen Burniston’s June 2025 release of ten new dies and five new clear stamps. For this cowgirl graduation card, I used several of the new sets including Leaping Animals, Movie Night Charms and Rainbow Add-Ons die sets and Movie Night stamp set.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase:  Cut a 5×7-inch A7 cardbase from brown kraft cardstock. (I used a purchased cardbase and envelope.) Cover the inside with decorative paper. Clouds and sun are cut using the Rainbow Add-Ons die set.

Pop-Up:  Watch the assembly video at the bottom of the linked page for the Stocking Pop-Up as well as the video above.

Horse and Fence:  Cut one tan unicorn body from the Leaping Animals die set and from dark brown cut the tail and mane pieces. (I cut three of the tan because my cardstock was less than 80lb weight.) Use the die stencil features to draw in the horse’s eye, mouth, nostril and hooves with a thin black marker. Cut one fence from heavy white cardstock using the Farm Edges die set. Glue fence to top edge of pop-up over piece and glue horse to inner pop-up tombstone piece.

Cowgirl:  Cut out one body, one hair style, one pair pants, one collared shirt, and one women’s short sleeved top from the Paper People die set. Cut one scarf bandana and two pair of cowboy hat and boots from the Tiny Accessories 3 set. (One set of hat and boots will be used on envelope.) I used a white brush marker to age the jeans and brown ink to age the hat and boots. The brown vest was made by cutting off the sleeves of the women’s top and cutting it up the middle. The front corners of each side were trimmed off to make a matching “v” similar to the neckline of the vest. The shirt and jeans were trimmed to fit under the vest. Boots were also trimmed to fit under the jeans. A piece of hemp cording was looped and glued together before adhering under the cowgirl’s hand.

Movie Elements:  Cut out of charcoal gray the film strip, film reel film and the clapper board “V” dies from the Movie Night Charms set. Cut the clapper board large base piece from white and color in the top “V” with red marker. Use thin black marker and die stencil feature to ink in the board’s lines. Cut one reel die from silver foil cardstock. Cut off all charm loops from clapper board and film reel. Assemble as shown in video above. Fill film strip with photos. (I used digital images that were resized on computer and printed on computer paper that was covered with clear packing tape.)

Sentiments:  All the sentiments were stamped using the Movie Night stamp set with in black ink. “Ooh, plot twist!” was cut out using the smallest oval die in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set. “Can’t wait to see what you do next!” and “Lights, Camera, Celebrate!” were cut out using the oval die in the Lorna Label Pop-Up set. “And the award for totally crushing it goes to…YOU!” was cut out using the smallest fancy label die in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch die set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 9-inches) size envelope with a die cut a cowgirl hat and boots the back flap using the Tiny Accessories 3 set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rainbow Add-Ons – 1309
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Movie Night Charms– 1305
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Leaping Animals – 1301
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Paper People – 1299
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Lorna Label Pop-Up – 1266
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Stocking Pop-Up – 1248
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch – 1233
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Farm Edges – 1097
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Tiny Accessories 3 – 1095

Stamps

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Movie Night

Papers

• Carta Bella – 12×12 Double-Sided Patterned Cardstock – Cowgirl – Howdy Bandana
• Divinity Designs – 6×6 Single Sided Decorative papers – Baby Girl Paper Pad
• Maja Design – 6×6 Double-Sided Patterned Cardstock – Hygge
• My Colors – 12×12 Metallic-Coated Textured Cardstock – Black Bear
• Blue, Brown, Orange, Tan and Yellow Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Park Lane Paperie – A& Cardbase and Envelope – Kraft Brown

Ink

• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
• Ranger – Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Gathered Twigs
• Scrapbook.com – Brush Marker –White
• Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Red
• Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Write Dual-Tipped Marker – Chocolate Chip

Adhesives

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Clear Packing Tape

Tools

• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Bone Folder
• Score Board
• Stamping Platform
• LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
• Stamping Block
• Scissors
• Tweezers
• Pencil
• Paper Masking Tape
• Sponge Dauber
• We R Memories – QuickStick

Miscellaneous

• Cousin – D.I.Y!- Natural Hemp Cord #20